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haele

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17. Ellison forgot what made Oracle a good, reliable company -
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:54 AM
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And began concentrating on the money and the clique instead of the sustainability of his business and what his customers needed.

The customer is still the backbone of every business, no matter how you define what your customer base is.

If you have to force a "new" product on the customer, that product is just as much a failure as a product that went obsolete and no one - not even third world and technologically backwards populations - can adapt and use anymore.
Like, I've been onboard with Pixel phones as they started out as "clean" Android builds - and I always cool with old Google -but
I didn't really like the algorithms they started pushing on people "for the ease and the experience" - when they could have just improved filtering and user controls - and I really hate the AI they put on that keeps getting in between me and what I am using my smart phone for, especially since there's a lot of work and coordinated navigation tasks I do on my phone that don't need an AI popping up like a friendly 6 year old wanting a cookie for offering totally out of context help.
Especially since I have to keep turning it off whenever there's an Andriod system update.

Stop keep throwing money on products your customer is just going to keep walking away.

After all, Apple and Nokia/Motorola didn't have to hang out on street corners and storefronts to physically force the average person to accept and buy smartphones, did they?



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1 of 2 things are going to happen WSHazel Thursday #1
Greed............. Lovie777 Thursday #2
Or nitpicked Thursday #11
The pie of potential AI users is finite. How much AI is enough AI? flashman13 Thursday #18
I like the way you wrote this. Lucky Luciano Thursday #23
IIRC they are in trouble newdeal2 Thursday #3
Ellison forgot what made Oracle a good, reliable company - haele Thursday #17
Oracle has had a great run. quaint Thursday #4
Larry Ellison bet against the house by sucking up to the fucking asshole. Initech Thursday #13
You know who needs to be replaced? Kid Berwyn Thursday #5
He's a real POS marmar Thursday #6
Very true jfz9580m Thursday #20
This should provoke a mass exit of his tic toc viewership Clouds Passing Thursday #7
The fact that a company can lay off tens of thousands The Revolution Thursday #8
I hope he get buried in worthless stock. marble falls Thursday #9
Appears that he's a little cash strapped after Saudi decided not to fund his purchase of merger. This in2herbs Thursday #10
No federal funds for companies that refuse to provide jobs for Americans. travelingthrulife Thursday #12
I suspect that a lot of these people will find jobs as Oracle DB administrators, or the like (supporting Oracle-related SWBTATTReg Thursday #14
What are people for? maxsolomon Thursday #15
I'm not shocked he over leveraged his company with his purchase of cbs and Warner bros media kimbutgar Thursday #16
He doesn't own Warner Bros yet, just has made an offer that won't close until maybe September/October 2026 ToxMarz Thursday #22
I hope he backs out of the deal as the economy gets worst and oracle loses stock value. kimbutgar Thursday #24
That's what I think, too Deminpenn Yesterday #26
There are no ethical billionaires. n/t Coventina Thursday #19
Damn. I kinda doubt that Paramount purchase is going to pay off, as well. nt Exp Thursday #21
Is this the Golden Age? Scott Alan Swaggerty Yesterday #25
I happen to know that TheFarseer Yesterday #27
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